ΣΦΕΤΕΡΩ, σφετερω
SPHETERŌ, spheterō
Sounds Like: SFEH-teh-roh
Translations: their own, his own, her own, its own
From the root: ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Possessive Pronoun
Explanation: This word is a possessive adjective or pronoun, meaning 'their own' or 'his/her/its own'. It refers back to the subject of the sentence, indicating possession by that subject. It is often used to emphasize that something belongs specifically to the subject, rather than just being 'their' or 'his'. It can be used attributively (e.g., 'their own house') or substantively (e.g., 'their own [things]').
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4971 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΑ — their own, their, their own things
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΑΝ — their own, their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΑΣ — of their own, their own, of their, their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΙ — their own, their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) their own, (for) their own, (to) their, (for) their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΝ — their own, their, his own, his, her own, her, its own, its
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ — their own, his own, her own, its own
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥ — of their own, their own
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥΣ — their own, their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΩΝ — of their own, of their, of their own people, of their own things
- ΤΟΥΣΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥΣ — their own, their
- ΤΩΝΣΦΕΤΕΡΩΝ — of their own, their own
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